Milk-bottle-cap protector.



H. DWKON 4 A, THEELE.

MILK BOTTLE CAP PROTECTOR.

gPPucAnow FILED JAN-5,1918.

Patented Feb 18, 1919.

MA W02:

ATTORNEY MILKJHQTTLE-CAP PROTECTUR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Fob 1S, iifi liii.

Application flied January 5, 1918.

To Q wiiwn it may (Joe ween Be it known that We, HENRY DIXON and Serial No. 210,492.

the holding or supporting means for the 1 bottle.

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Aiiowii. 13 1mm, citizens of the United As iilusii-zited in the dmwings, the device ifiiz'atee, residing at Dayton, iii. the county of comprises separate hoiding and protecting ii iiziioiitgomeiy and State oi? Uhio, have inmeans adapteifi to be carried; by a. base memvein'ied a. new and useful Miikfiottiofiap her 1 which may be sorewecL nailed, 01 Primes-tor, of which the foiiowing is :1 otherwise secured to any upright supporting ficetion. moans shown at: E2, whieh is ini'iiezitive off a This invention reiaites to miik bottie cap post, Willi, or any other eonvenieigit upright pi'oieotoi'e, and tho object is to provide a do surface. vice for the protection of the capped mouth Whiie specific means are shown in the ends; milk iootties, which is designed ie be d m Wings for supporting the iioitie, no need in conjunction with any iioiding means," claim is herein made :50 the same. for file boixizie having; ineiiiiiers for yieid-- The hoiding' means or clip comprises a ingiy surrounding and ciasping the neck spring CizUYJ'i) having; spaced. i'esiiient arms iii rem" in order to support the some. 3 and moved to fit i'i'lQ'nQCiE'Of a bot-tie mother objeoi; to provide a gimpie do 5 when distended, i-iie ii'ii'wzirdly extendiii Vice of iiiiis ehaiiiciier which may be iocatod terminals of the arms 3 and. i being slightly in some convenient place for the introduc (.iii'Vifi outward io foifi 'i a lateral entrance $1011; of the Dottie of miiiig. as delivered by opening (i, as (-iozii'iy iliustrated in Fig. of the deziioi, and. having means for unto the di'im'iiig. The ouinvai'diy curved termi moi/ice iy (*iosing and protecting the mouth imis; of the arms 3 and 4 are-for Hie purpose of ihe iioi'giie from insects or animals, as 'weii oi readily introducing! the neck of the bot-tie as roadiiy i'eieasiiig the smile when the 5, io permii the said arms to ciusp it and 8G iootkie is disengaged from the hoiding support the said bottle. means. The arms 3 and -i are preferably formed A fiiii and oompiete iiiicieiaizmding oi' the of a single piece of spring metal properly invention may be oiiiziineti from 75L (ow bent To form on interi iedizito ioop 7, which sidei'etioii ofiiio foiiowing detiiiiod doeorip-- i'ii'eied or oi'iiei'wise secured as air, io 8x2 i'ioii taken in oonneoi-ion with the 2XCflifiii mei'iiilio strap 9. and is poi-formed for pimyiiig drawing :it'oi'ming zipart oi": this the RPCQDiiOiI of :iziste iiiigz scmws 2.0, which specification; itbeing understood that wiiiie firmly secure the holding men :18 to the base the drawing; shows a jii-iili iiiil 2 "form of the neziibor .1. A wire ioop 11 preferably invent-ion, M15": izitiei' is not confined to strict passed around the m me and 4, Where they ooiifoi'miiy therewith. but may be ciiaiigm'i are ii1'(')1i 5lfiii7 t ogz otiioi' iHijfiCQntto the said or modified, iongz no such changes o iniei'iiiedizii'o ioop 7.. for the purpose of see-- iiiodiiio iions ii if no lllziiiL-Eiui departure curing: :1. more ri e-id engagement of the said iioiii Hie Sikh?) i1 imitiiieo oi the im'ei iion, arms with iiio neck of the iioiiie. as speciiiozdiy ooinied on in the claims up- The protectingmeuns minimises H, cup

'iended hereto. like cap member or cover 12, ha ving' a coniii the dimving, in which like ifoi eienoo caved top, and :1 depending marginai flange i'iizii'zieiei's designate corresponding pzii'iis vin 1 -1, oi :m iiiiviiizii diameter somewhat greater email in the severe iiggiii'os:--- than the external diamoioioi the month oi.

Figure 1 is; ii side eiovziiioii of tho iim the iniik' boii le. Tho iii! member 12 is sup- 30"? if-fli diiwioe eiiowiog iiH zippiicziiioi'i i'o po iodbythedowm 'zii'diyomendiogziiangoi mo iioiiitii of r: miik iiio'tiie. min 1+? of :2 coii spring 1i 5 wiiivii is foi'i'nod 2 is an 'oniiirged i ili'ii zli soitriioiiiii of siiiiid ie spring metal and is adapted to View Eil3iii{1' i iiio ripper end of the. bottle have, siiiiioioiii i'ehiiionoy to permit of the being shown in eiei'iitioiiz' iii0."QIii1i'li'F-l oi the map iizondioi' 152 iii a man 1% 3 z: nor in im deeii-ibod. The arm .3: is profbiifiwifigf {he iiiei'iiod oi iiiivi'miiieii' Hie oi'zdiiy provided Ni). ii i'oiminzii foot 14 ootiio iii'io iiiie iioidingx and proieciino; which may be soldered or oiiiei'wiso secured meme; zofijiieenia i' time come? of the cap member ii and the eoii spring 15 has its other arm M0 spring 15 and its terminal arms 14 and 16 respectively is to support the cap member 12 in an inclined position, as illustrated in Figfbof the drawing. When it is desired to place a bottle. in position in the .device, it is only necessary to place the neck of the bottle, while in an upright position, against the terminals of. the arms 3 and 1, when the upper edge of the said milk bottle will be'iu a proper plane to strike the inner, inclined wall of the flange 13 carried by the cap member 12. By exerting a slight pressure upon the bottle, the arms 3 and 4 are distended sufliciently to allow the neck of the I bottle 5 to pass through the entrance openvwill automatically cover and ing 6 of the holding means, and the top edge of the bottle will carry the cap member 12 intocovering position, by bearing against the said flange 13 until the cap member as sumes the position over the mouth of the bottle, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

1 The arm 14 holds the cap member from movement directly upward,- and allows movement of said member in the .arc of a circle from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the .position illustrated in Fig. 1.

I From the foregoing, it will be seen that an extremely simple device has been proany holding means similar to that described, protect the capped mouth of a milk bottle or other receptacle,

from and release the same, by simply disengaging the bottle from the said holding means. I

It will further be seen that the device may be made to fit various sizes of bottles.

What is claimed is 1. In combination with holding means for and will readily become disengaged resilient hanger arm connected to the cover and having its upper end coiled to form a spring, the said cover being adapted, through v the action of the coiled spring and resilient arm, to normally occupy an inclined position, with its elevated side over the outer portion of the said holding means.

2. In combination with bottle holding means comprising resilient arms having an entrance opening therebetwcen, a cover, and resilient means for supporting the cover in an inclined position, with its lowermost side adjacent to the said support and in spaced ,relation to the said arms, said cover being provided on its underside with a depending marginal flange adapted to be engaged by thermouth of the bottle, and to be forced back and into a horizontal position in covering relation thereto when the neck of the bottle is forced between the said arms.

v 3. In combination with bottle holding means having spaced, resilient arms for clasping the neck of a bottle, and an entrance opening between their free ends for the introduction of said bottle, means for securing the holding means to a support, a cap protector comprising a cover having a depending marginal flange and adapted to normally lie in spaced relation to and over the saidrentrance opening, the outer side of the cover being elevated, and supporting means for holding the cover in such position, comprising a paiixof resilient divergent arms oined by a spring 0011, one of said arms being secured to said cover and the other arm being secured to the support by the said securing means of the holding means.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing I as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in thepresence of two witnesses.

HENRY DIXON.

ADOLPH THIELE.

' \Vitnesses:

ARTHUR R. KREHBI L, -ANDREW ,J. KREHBIEL. 

